Senior Database Architect: Oracle/SQL, HA & Cloud

Pattison Food Group; City of Langley; On-site; CAD 96,000 - 121,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Pension plan

Free parking

Employee discounts

Career development

Job summary

Pattison Food Group Ltd., a Jim Pattison business, is seeking a Senior Database Administrator to join our Langley, BC IT team. You will maintain and optimize enterprise databases, ensuring reliability and performance across Oracle, MS SQL Server, PostgreSQL and MySQL environments.

This role requires 10+ years IT experience, including 5+ years as a DBA for mission‑critical production systems, plus strong Azure/AWS cloud skills, Oracle 19c RAC, and PL/SQL/T‑SQL expertise.

Qualifications

• 10+ years IT experience with minimum 5 years in a DBA role on mission-critical production environments.
• Proven enterprise database management experience in Azure and/or AWS.
• Experience with Oracle 19c+ in RAC environments.
• Experience with MS-SQL 2008/2012/2014/2019/2022.
• Strong troubleshooting and root cause analysis skills.
• Solid knowledge of encryption technologies and best practices.

Responsibilities

• Provide level 2/3 database support for development, QA, and production environments.
• Plan and implement database upgrades, maintenance fixes, and patches.
• Design and maintain backup and recovery strategies with long-term retention.
• Research and implement improvements to maximize efficiency, reliability, and performance.
• Collaborate with Architecture/Development/Infrastructure on new products and enhancements.
• Mentor peers and share domain expertise; provide on-call support when required.

Skills

Oracle RAC

Oracle 19c+

MS SQL Server

Azure

AWS

PL/SQL

T-SQL

Performance tuning

Disaster recovery

Backup & recovery

ETL scripting

Mentoring

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science/Applied Mathematics/Engineering

Tools

Oracle Enterprise Manager

SQL Server DMVs

Azure

AWS

Exadata

Job description

Pattison Food Group Ltd., a Jim Pattison business, is seeking a Senior Database Administrator to join our Langley, BC IT team. You will maintain and optimize enterprise databases, ensuring reliability and performance across Oracle, MS SQL Server, PostgreSQL and MySQL environments.

This role requires 10+ years IT experience, including 5+ years as a DBA for mission‑critical production systems, plus strong Azure/AWS cloud skills, Oracle 19c RAC, and PL/SQL/T‑SQL expertise.